The National Borzoi Rescue

Adoption Application

There is a $25 application fee, that must be received before your application can be proccessed. This fee will be credited towards your adoption cost. Once you submit an application it is kept on file - there is no need to submit another application. If there is a dog that you are interested in and we have not contacted you, please send us a message.

First Name

Physical Residential Address

Occupation

Employer Phone

Last Name

Phone number

City

State

Age

County

Zip Code

Employer

How long employed

Please enter the name, age and relationship of all other people residing at this address, if no one else please write none

Do Children visit regularly?

Does your city, town, HOA, rental agreement or county have a law or ordinance limiting the number of dogs and size of dogs you can keep?

Type of Residence: House, Apt, Condo, Other

Do you rent or own?

How long have you lived at this address?

If you rent do you have permission to have a Borzoi?

Please list all current pets

Please list current pets: Species, Breed, Age, Sex, Spayed or Neutered, EXAMPLE: Dog, Labrador, 10, Male, Neutered. If no pets please write none

Tell us a little bit about your current dog or the last dog you owned. If you have never owned a dog why now?

Are you prepared to take care of your dog for 10 years or more?

Have you ever owned a Borzoi before?

Why do you want to own a Borzoi?

If you have not owned a Borzoi have you met one in person? What do you know about them?

Where are your pets kept? Where would you keep your Borzoi?

Where will the Borzoi sleep?

What type of Exercise would the Borzoi get?

How will you work with your new Borzoi to establish rapor and trust?

Fence height

Fence Material - wood, block, chain link, etc.

Fenced Yard dimensions: example 50 ft x 60 ft, please be specific

How much time would the Borzoi spend outside - supervised or unsupervised?

Do you crate train your dogs? If so how long would you leave your dog in a crate?

How many hours a day will the dog be left alone?

When you go on vacation who will take care of your dog?

What activities do you plan on doing with your dog?

Please rate from 1 to 10 with 10 being the most desirable

Male

Female

Under 1 year

1-5 yearsold

Over 6 years old

With Medical Needs

Untrained

Cat Friendly

Small Dog Friendly

Have you owned another type of large breed dog? What kind? What happened to them?

Have you ever surrendered a dog to a shelter or taken one back to a breeder? If yes please explain

Are you prepared to housetrain your dog? How long to you expect housetraining to take?

Is there a situation in which you would not be willing to keep your dog? If so, please explain

What behaviors WOULD you be willing to work through with your dog through training?

Would you consider foster care for a trial period?

Who will be the primary caretaker?

Who in your home wants a Borzoi?

Does anyone in your home have allergies? If yes please explain.

Will you keep NBRF informed of any moves, illnesses, escapes or death of any Borzoi entrusted to your care?

Please provide an estimate of routine costs for 1 year for this dog

How much are you willing/able to spend on medical bills for your dog? What would you do if your bills go over budget?

How far would you be willing to drive to pick up your Borzoi?

Do you understand that NBRF charges an adoption fee of $400 per Borzoi OR $600 per International Borzoi?

What do you feed your dogs or what do you plan to feed them? Please be specific.

Other (anything we have missed)

References: (please include name and phone number - only one relative)

Veterinarian

Personal Reference 1

Personal Reference 2

Personal Reference 3

Phone

We conduct in person home visits for all of our prospective homes, which will include an inspection with photographs of the dog's living area, yard, fence and gates (these photos are confidential and for our purposes only) Is this a problem for you?

Signature

Date

Please answer all questions completely, if the box is red, you must go back and fill in an answer

The National Borzoi Rescue

Adoption Application

Please list all current pets

Please rate from 1 to 10 with 10 being the most desirable

References: (please include name and phone number - only one relative)

Please answer all questions completely, if the box is red, you must go back and fill in an answer

844-NBRF-Zoi (844-627-3964)

info@rescueborzoi.org

National Borzoi rescue foundation
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